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Learning Quotes by Alfie Kohn
- Learning is something students do, NOT something done to students.
- The overwhelming number of teachers ...are unable to name or describe a theory of learning that underlies what they do.
- To be well-educated is to have the desire as well as the means to make sure that learning never ends.
- In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick…
- Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.
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- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
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- Sometimes I push too far, and say the worst possible things... But why would I want to be hurt again? trust is… — Unknown Author
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. — Fred Astaire
- Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Marcus Aurelius